The Inside World
Two mixes in one year, this is bordering on prolific! Ken Nordine kicks this mix off with some of his unique 'word jazz' stylings, before we move over to world jazz, a whole heap of afrobeat, classic and modern, the surprisingly beautiful theme music to Cannibal...
The Second Bakery Attack
I'm still not sure I made the right choice when I told my wife about the bakery attack. But then, it might not have been a question of right and wrong. Which is to say that wrong choices can produce right results, and vice versa. I myself have adopted the position...
Pale Fire
Consuming something that had been handled by a fellow creature was, I explained to the rubicund convives, as repulsive to me as eating any creature, and that would include - lowering my voice - the pulpous pony-tailed girl student who served us and licked her pencil....
The ‘Gilles-Bot’
I assume it goes without saying that making robot or android simulacra of people is beyond my capacity, but when it comes to Gilles Peterson, I figured I'd have a go. It's a long way from perfect in terms of quality control, but given it's been trained to hunt for 100...
But Beautiful
At some time all cities have this feel: in London it's at five or six on a winter evening. Paris has it too, late, when the cafes are closing up. In New York it can happen anytime: early in the morning as the light climbs over the canyon streets and the avenues...